Hi fellow Hiveians,

Today I wanted to celebrate being on Hive for 6 years! What the hell!??

6 Year Hive Anniversary

Happy Hive birthday to me! How is it 6 years?! LOL

Time really flies, in so many ways! I still remember when I heard about Steem back in the day from someone who doesn't use the platform anymore unfortunately. I procrastinated it a few months, back in 2017 I could have signed up before the crazy bull run and probably gotten a lot more Hive Power than I do now. Such is life though, things are always 20/20 when we look in the past. I'm glad that I'm here though, that's for sure!

The other day was my official Hive Birthday! 6 years on the corner of the internet here that many of us call home. It's been a wild ride, full of lots of highs and lows but the important thing is that I've learned so much!

I know that many people who are on Hive come for the potential rewards they could earn, but the ones who find a community and a niche, end up staying for much more than just the rewards they could be earning. Granted, maybe that gives us a little bit of a bias but at the same time, what the fuck isn't biased anymore these days? Let's live a little and enjoy a bit of bias, amirite?! Lol.

I've got a couple fun screenshots I'm adding :D from when I was a wee little plankton, not even a red fish or a minnow! Damn those were wild times, when I would get super excited if someone gave my comment a vote! I specifically remember following some awesome oldschool dudes like KrNel, Perceptual Flaws, CorbettReport and many others. Engagement in the comments was the shit because these were the dudes that had the posts to be at, learning all kinds of information and having a good time while doing it. These days, none of them are on the chain anymore which is unfortunate but time goes on and some people are here, some people are not.

I think it's remarkable how quickly time goes by though, in all honesty. I remember sitting in the break room at my old job when I first got signed up with Hive and thinking that it was insane, I'm part of a thing called a blockchain?! What the hell am I getting myself into? I heard of Bitcoin, sure but I was taking a step into the realm of the actual deep web?! It even feels like the dark web sometimes O_O really ominous! The funny thing about this "deep web" or "dark web" type shit is that it's largely a way for older people to just flag something they don't like or understand as some part of the internet that people should stay away from, so you don't get killed!!! What a load of shit lol.

I think that Hive is in a really good position to make waves across the Web 3.0 space, especially because that's getting more traction these days. Granted we aren't perfect for sure, we've got a lot of hills to climb but we are building the correct infrastructure and style for a lot of the things that we need to use to take advantage of in the coming next 5-10 years. Transaction fees being eliminated in favor of Resource Credits is such an innovative part of the technology that a lot of people aren't even understanding. They are pissing away gas fees on eth and places like that for what? It's a bit of bullshit, I think!

I know that I'll be here for the next 6 years at least, because of the cutting edge stuff that's going on here and all of the interaction and engagement that I do on a daily and weekly basis that helps me learn and get to the latest edge of the technology trends. I know it's a little unnerving sometimes seeing the things that are going on in the world today, but the best thing that we can do is be informed. Having been on Hive for so long, I feel far more informed than other people on a lot of the things in the world and I love that aspect of it! I get to expose myself to all kinds of people throughout the world too which is also crucial for me to grow as an individual.

What birthday have you recently celebrated on Hive? Do you plan on being here for the next few years as well or are you getting tired of the grind? Drop some comments!

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